[pct-l] Bear danger on the PCT - put in perspective

[Hillary Schwirtlich]

I would have agreed with the livejournal post thing 5 years ago... but it's
a sign of the times now that I'm frustrated that I can't click on the "like"
button.

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:

> That is a great strip.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shroomer
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I LOVE THAT COMIC STRIP! When I discovered it, I spent several days
>> straight
>> obcessively reading through the entire archive. xkcd rocks :)
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Hillary Schwirtlich <
>> hillary.schwirtlich at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > http://xkcd.com/795/
>> >
>> > i feel like this comic is pretty appropriate here. "the annual death
>> rate
>> > of
>> > people who know that statistic is one in six."
>> >
>> > :P
>> >
>> > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:37 PM, <abiegen at cox.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Just to put the danger from bears in perspective:
>> > >
>> > >      You are 120 times more likely to die of a bee sting than a black
>> > bear
>> > > attack
>> > >
>> > >      You are 45 times more likely to die from a dog attack than a
>> black
>> > > bear attack
>> > >
>> > >      1 person out of 16,000 commits murder but only 1 black bear out
>> of
>> > one
>> > > million does.  So people are much more dangerous than bears!   Fear
>> > people
>> > > and respect bears.
>> > >
>> > >     There are about 750,000 black bears in North America and on
>> average
>> > > there is less than one black bear killing per year.
>> > >
>> > >      For each person killed by a black bear attack there are 13 people
>> > > killed by snakes, 17 by spiders, 45 by dogs, 120 by bees, 150 by
>> > tornadoes,
>> > > 374 by lightning, and 60,000 by humans.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks to Grizzly Bay at www.grizzlybay.org
>> > >
>> > > The above information from
>> > > http://www.grizzlybay.org/LearnMore/DoGrizzlyBearsEatPeople.htm
>> > >
>> > > TrailHacker
>> > >
>> > > "When my feet hurt, I can't think straight"
>> > > Abraham Lincoln
>> > >
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